Persona 5 Confirmed For West, Coming in 2015

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“You are a slave. Want emancipation?”

By Colin Moriarty

Persona is arguably the biggest JRPG franchise in the world right now, and Persona 5 is the most eagerly-anticipated game in any genre, at least in Japan. Today, IGN can confirm that Persona 5 is indeed coming to the west – as if that comes as any surprise, considering Persona 4’s success – and will launch exclusively on PlayStation 3 later in 2015.

The last mainline game in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series – Persona 4 – launched on PlayStation 2 way back in 2008. It was excellent. But by the time Persona 5 finally launches on PS3, at least in North America, it will have been about seven years between releases.

A picaresque coming-of-age story, Persona 5 will bring a thrilling, new twist to the RPG genre! You will assume the role of a second-year high school student who becomes a Persona-user through an unexpected incident.